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Sunniest places to go from Milan in February

In February, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Milan is Maspalomas, Spain, 10.4 h of sun a day and 18.8 °C, about 7h 24m each way by air. Without flying, it is Brindisi, Italy, 8.7 h of sun a day, about 10h 48m each way by train, for about 28× less carbon (26.3 kg CO₂e return against 739 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Milan

Ranked on sunshine in February alone, among well-known places (a Wikivoyage travel guide and at least 40,000 Wikipedia readers a year), one per area and at most three per country. The carbon is shown, not used to choose: the list further down is the other question, how much sunshine each extra kilogram buys.

Maspalomas, Spain10.4 h · 18.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 739 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain10.3 h · 17.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt10.3 h · 17.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 803 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain10.1 h · 18.0 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 729 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.1 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 30m · 763 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.0 h · 18.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 742 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.8 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 kg CO₂e return
Funchal, Portugal9.5 h · 14.6 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 19.6 °Cair ≈ 7h · 666 kg CO₂e return
Fethiye, Turkey9.5 h · 10.7 °C · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h 6m · 486 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece9.5 h · 13.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.0 °Cair ≈ 6h · 473 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Brindisi is 8.7 h for 26.3 kg — about 28× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Brindisi, Italy8.7 h · 11.0 °C · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 10h 48m · 26.3 kg CO₂e return
Trapani, Italy8.6 h · 11.5 °C · 2.7 mm rain a day · sea 15.1 °Crail ≈ 11h 18m · 25.8 kg CO₂e return
Agrigento, Italy8.6 h · 10.4 °C · 3.7 mm rain a day · sea 15.4 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 28.8 kg CO₂e return
Zaragoza, Spain8.6 h · 8.8 °C · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 27.0 kg CO₂e return
Huesca, Spain8.6 h · 6.9 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 6m · 25.2 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain8.6 h · 10.2 °C · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 13.5 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 21.4 kg CO₂e return

≈ is the model's estimate (air times include getting to and through the airport); ✓ is a rail journey checked against a real timetable, with the date it was checked. Temperatures are historical daily means for 2023–2024, averaged across day and night, so afternoons run warmer.

The low-carbon trade-off

The sunniest place you can reach from Milan in February within 15 hours is Icod de los Vinos, 10.7 h, costing 745 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Chur at 4.6 kg — 162× less carbon, for 3.7 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in February and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Milan. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, February, departing Milan. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Tirana can only be reached by air — 245 kg CO₂e, in 4h 48m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 28.7 kg in 16h 30m — 9× less carbon for 11h 42m more travelling.

February from Milan — 7 destinations on the frontier, 3 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Chur, Switzerland	Rail	4.6 kg	5.2 °C	7.0 h	2.5 mm	4h 12m
Sion, Switzerland	Rail	4.9 kg	6.4 °C	7.8 h	1.7 mm	4h 24m
Gap, France	Rail	7.8 kg	5.4 °C	8.5 h	2.0 mm	5h 36m
Tirana, Albania	Air	245 kg	8.5 °C	9.0 h	1.6 mm	4h 48m
Errachidia, Morocco	Air	480 kg	10.6 °C	9.7 h	0.6 mm	6h
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain	Air	735 kg	17.6 °C	10.3 h	0.9 mm	7h 24m
Icod de los Vinos, Spain	Air	745 kg	17.3 °C	10.7 h	0.4 mm	7h 24m

Warm is not the same as pleasant, which is why sunshine and rainfall are shown alongside temperature. All three are ERA5 monthly means for 2023–2024.

Where the curve breaks

The frontier is gentle until it isn't. Going from Gap (7.8 kg, 8.5 h) to Tirana (245 kg, 9.0 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 237 kg — 474 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

ChurSwitzerland4.6 kg CO₂e return5.2 °C · 7.0 h sun · 4h 12m by railcold but bright

GapFrance7.8 kg CO₂e return5.4 °C · 8.5 h sun · 5h 36m by railcold but bright Icod de los VinosSpain745 kg CO₂e return17.3 °C · 10.7 h sun · 7h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

February answers differently depending on what you are after, and the lists genuinely diverge: the brightest places are not the hottest, and in summer the useful question stops being where is warm at all.

Where to stay in Icod de los Vinos

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Photo credits

Chur: Adrian Michael, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gap: Le corrigateur, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Funchal: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fethiye: https://www.flickr.com/photos/astolath/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agrigento: jschoenhofer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Zaragoza: Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Milan in February?

Icod de los Vinos, Spain, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 745 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Milan in February without flying?

Yes. Gap reaches 8.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 5h 36m (modelled), emitting 7.8 kg CO₂e return — though Icod de los Vinos is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Milan to Icod de los Vinos produce?

745 kg CO₂e for one person, return, by air. That uses the UK Government's 2026 conversion factors, including radiative forcing for flights.

Carbon uses UK Government (DESNZ/DEFRA) 2026 conversion factors applied to great-circle distance, with radiative forcing included for flights. Rail journey times are modelled estimates, not timetabled services. Full method · download the data.